AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoEPA Rollback: The EPA moved to repeal most of the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards for coal and gas power plants, and is set to scrap remaining greenhouse-gas limits—actions framed as cutting costs but likely raising pollution and climate risk. Supreme Court Watch: The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to hear Maine lobsterman Frank Thompson’s challenge to mandatory GPS tracking for federally permitted boats, a case that could reshape how regulators monitor fishermen. Local Drought Impacts: A two-year drought is worsening along Maine’s midcoast and Penobscot Bay, with a “marine layer” and storm track shifts limiting rain and stressing groundwater, plants, and wildlife. Clean Water Fight: A federal appeals court gave Corona Clay Company another chance in a Clean Water Act lawsuit over whether stormwater rules apply to a nearby seasonal stream under the post-Sackett definition of “water of the U.S.” Energy Storage Uncertainty: A White House grid-cyber executive order banning foreign bulk-power equipment is putting U.S. battery storage projects in limbo, with China-made lithium-ion components at the center of the questions. Climate Politics: House Democrats released a large climate-and-energy policy menu aimed at finding bipartisan paths as the administration dismantles parts of Biden-era rules.
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